Maple Chip Ice Cream

The early august heat has become unbearable, and the air is so humid it is actually suffocating…. But in the ultra hot almost unbreathable air that burns as it enters…

The Perfect Moment

What a hot day… But the air is sweet in the herb garden, where I have been meditating. I think I really needed to do that today… So it wasn’t…

Apple Scrap Vinegar

I promised I would get this up as soon as I could because I already put the cart before the horse in my last post. Where I shared my recipe…

House Cleaning All Natural!

The sunlight spills in to spite the cloudiness of the sky in the kitchen today. All kinds of fun and interesting things happen in the Wildflower kitchen. Things get canned,…

Micro Canning Mulberry Jelly

We are expecting storms… I am not yet convinced they will happen but I am hoping… It would save me time watering the garden. I have so much to get…

Sachets

This project began as a very different project, as is often the case with projects on a farm. You think you know what the end result will be, then it…

In The Secret Garden

The grass tickles my bare feet, usually I hang out bare foot outside in the magical gardens of Wildflower Farm. I have shown off The Humming Bird Herb Garden, already….…

The Humming Bird Herb Garden

In the background I hear the tv…. Before I say one more thing and transport you to Wildflower, here with me for a moment… Let me just say… NO JUSTICE…

Adventures In Apple Experiments

Just sitting here after the rain…  Alone, with the smell of apples, molasses, maple sugar, and cinnamon, wafting through the house, getting caught in the air bubbles of the old…

My Old Country Road

Quarantine road runs long as does the road from the public street all the way to the old farm house. Still, we are stuck here. Prisoners of a contagion we…

Communing With The Trees

Surrounded by woods, I like to go out and walk the farm road. I have built an “understanding” with the forest trees over time here. When I go out we…

Lavender Lemon Balm Tea

The sun is like a big glorious yellow bird in the sky, and the blue is marked by small puffy clouds…. I can see the buds on the trees reaching…

A Little Bit Of Pretty On A Grey Day

Some pretty goes a long way when it has been too much gray and quarantine… Yesterday, I went out in the sunshine, hung out with the dog, and collected violets…

Shifting Season

Yesterday, we had sunshine…. Yesterday the sky was blue and I watched a pair of randy robins for some time out by the edge of my woods… Today, the weather…

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